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...Navy's F-4B (Phantom II), which flies at a top speed of 1,650 m.p.h., and at altitudes up to 98,000 ft. Aerodynamicists who have studied the configuration of the new, missile-like All, agree that its design may well make it capable of speeds of Mach 5 (more than 4,000 miles per hour) at altitudes of more than...
...British and French state-owned airlines-BOAC and Air France-placed six orders apiece for the rival U.S. supersonic transport. Though the exact design of the American SST has not yet been determined, the plane will definitely be bigger and faster, and will have a longer range than the Mach 2.2 Concorde. The British-French move not only gave a heartening boost to the U.S. project but stirred new doubts about the future of the Concorde. The British government has already begun to grouse about its development costs, and BOAC and Air France have been worried that the Concorde...
...size. All three planemakers proposed SSTs measuring about 210 ft. in length (v. 153 ft. for the longest Boeing 707 and 180 ft. for the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic). The big planes are designed to carry 150 to 210 passengers, depending on seating arrangements, and attain a speed of Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) v. a Mach 2.2 top speed for the Concorde. To withstand the heat generated by the higher speed, the U.S. supersonics will be built of titanium and stainless steel...
...With the other services talking about Mach 3 airplanes and ICBMs, he doesn't want anyone to think the Corps is going to sleep on its LSTs and helicopters," explained a high-ranking marine. It was not likely-not after the press conference held last week by Lieut. General Wallace Martin Greene Jr., 55, who had just been named by President Kennedy to replace General David M. Shoup as Marine Corps commandant...
...been done since. No funds have yet been appropriated; even after they are, a long process of initial design competition, proposals and discussions must follow. In fact, there is still a major division over the crucial question of how fast a plane to build. The airframe makers want a Mach 3 jet (2,000 m.p.h.) that will leapfrog the Mach 2.2 Concorde; National Airlines President Lewis Maytag Jr. and American President C. R. Smith both want slower planes; and Federal Aviation Agency Administrator Najeeb Halaby has not made up his mind...